PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On the heels of their annual training camp in New York, the world famous Harlem
Globetrotters have signed four outstanding new players to join
the iconic basketball team for their much-anticipated 2014
“Fans Rule” World Tour. The rookie class includes one of the
high-flyers from the 2013 College Slam Dunk Championship and another
exceptional female player.

“We are coming off our best touring year ever in 2013, with more and
more fans enjoying the Globetrotters than ever before,” said
Globetrotters LegendSweet
Lou Dunbar, the team’s director of player personnel. “The
Globetrotters are primed to make 2014 even more successful, and these
terrific rookies will be a big part of that success.”

The Globetrotters have set over 300 box office records in North America
the past five years and entertain more than 3 million fans annually in
dozens of countries across the globe, bolstering their status as the
world’s premier family entertainment company.

Among the Globetrotters’ 2014 rookies is Corey “Thunder” Law of
High Point University (N.C.), who competed in the 2013 College Slam Dunk
Championship by beating out 15 other athletes to become the annual Dark
Horse Dunker. Past Globetrotters draftees Jacob Tucker and James Justice
followed similar paths to the competition. The 6-4 native of Chesapeake,
Va., led High Point in field goal percentage as a senior and was third
on the team in rebounding and blocks before being selected by the
Globetrotters in their seventh annual player draft in June. Sporting a
44-inch vertical leap, the muscular Law finished his career second on
the Panthers’ career rebounding list.

Joyce “Sweet J” Ekworomadu (eck-wor-oh-MAA-doo) is the 12th
female player in the history of the Globetrotters. The 5-10 sharpshooter
out of Texas State University was the Southland Conference Player of the
Year and Student Athlete of the Year in 2008, when she averaged 18.7 ppg
and led the school to an opening round Women's NIT victory (hitting the
game-winning shot), the first postseason win in program history.
Ekworomadu connected on a school-record 82 three-pointers her senior
year and finished third in the 2008 College 3-Point Championship. She
previously played professionally in Poland and Italy and has been a
member of the Nigerian national team since 2007. The parents of the
Dallas native are from Nigeria but moved to the U.S. before she was
born. Ekworomadu joins the Globetrotters with current female stars TNT
Maddox and T-Time
Brawner.

Dunking sensation Jonathan “Hawk” Thomas began his college career
at North Carolina State University before transferring to Marshall
University in 2010. A stellar student athlete, the 6-5 native of
Morehead City, N.C., was named to the All-ACC Academic Team in 2009 and
the Conference USA All-Academic Team in 2011. Thomas finished his
undergraduate degree in sports management in just three years and is
currently pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration from
Marshall.

The extremely versatile Saul “Flip” White, hailing from Summit,
Ill.,was both a standout basketball player and high-jumper in
high school, sporting a 47-inch vertical leap. The 6-foot White averaged
18 points and 11 rebounds a game during his career at Moraine Valley
Community College (Ill.).

The Globetrotters broke camp by officially tipping off their 2014 “Fans
Rule” World Tour with the first-ever events at the new Cross Insurance
Center in Bangor, Maine, on Sept. 20 and 21. Tickets for the North
American leg of the tour will go on sale Oct. 7, 2013, with the tour
recommencing on Dec. 26, 2013. The Globetrotters will play more than 290
games in over 250 cities in 47 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces and
Puerto Rico through April 2014.

The Globetrotters are currently preparing to visit Australia for the
first time since 2004, with a 15-game tour of the country, beginning in
October. The team will also entertain U.S. troops based overseas on
their annual Holiday Military Tour before the North American tour
resumes.

Sponsored by Wonderful Pistachios, Howard Johnson Hotels and Greyhound
Lines, the Original Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 88th
consecutive year of ball handling wizardry, basketball artistry, and
one-of-a-kind family entertainment. Throughout their history, the
Globetrotters have showcased their iconic talents in 122 countries and
territories on six continents, often breaking down cultural and societal
barriers while providing fans with their first-ever basketball
experience. Proud inductees of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame, the Globetrotters have entertained hundreds of millions of fans
over more than eight thrilling decades. For the latest news and
information, visit the Globetrotters’ official Web site: www.harlemglobetrotters.com.